diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/inspect.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/inspect.py
index e6029a242a..bdccfd0188 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/inspect.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/drac/inspect.py
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class DracInspect(base.InspectInterface):
                 [memory.size_mb for memory in client.list_memory()])
             cpus = client.list_cpus()
             if cpus:
-                properties['cpus'] = len(cpus)
+                properties['cpus'] = sum(
+                    [self._calculate_cpus(cpu) for cpu in cpus])
                 properties['cpu_arch'] = 'x86_64' if cpus[0].arch64 else 'x86'
 
             virtual_disks = client.list_virtual_disks()
@@ -148,3 +149,15 @@ class DracInspect(base.InspectInterface):
         for disk in disks:
             if disk.size_mb >= min_size_required_mb:
                 return disk
+
+    def _calculate_cpus(self, cpu):
+        """Find actual CPU count.
+
+        :param cpu: Pass cpu.
+
+        :returns: returns total cpu count.
+        """
+        if cpu.ht_enabled:
+            return cpu.cores * 2
+        else:
+            return cpu.cores
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/drac/test_inspect.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/drac/test_inspect.py
index 2c6b259360..1d650e29fe 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/drac/test_inspect.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/modules/drac/test_inspect.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class DracInspectionTestCase(test_utils.BaseDracTest):
                  'speed': 2400,
                  'model': 'Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v3 @ 2.40GHz',
                  'state': 'ok',
-                 'ht_enabled': True,
+                 'ht_enabled': False,
                  'turbo_enabled': True,
                  'vt_enabled': True,
                  'arch64': True}]
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class DracInspectionTestCase(test_utils.BaseDracTest):
         expected_node_properties = {
             'memory_mb': 32768,
             'local_gb': 1116,
-            'cpus': 2,
+            'cpus': 18,
             'cpu_arch': 'x86_64'}
         mock_client = mock.Mock()
         mock_get_drac_client.return_value = mock_client
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class DracInspectionTestCase(test_utils.BaseDracTest):
         expected_node_properties = {
             'memory_mb': 32768,
             'local_gb': 279,
-            'cpus': 2,
+            'cpus': 18,
             'cpu_arch': 'x86_64'}
         mock_client = mock.Mock()
         mock_get_drac_client.return_value = mock_client
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class DracInspectionTestCase(test_utils.BaseDracTest):
         expected_node_properties = {
             'memory_mb': 32768,
             'local_gb': 1116,
-            'cpus': 2,
+            'cpus': 18,
             'cpu_arch': 'x86_64'}
         mock_client = mock.Mock()
         mock_get_drac_client.return_value = mock_client
@@ -255,3 +255,19 @@ class DracInspectionTestCase(test_utils.BaseDracTest):
                 self.physical_disks)
 
             self.assertEqual(285888, root_disk.size_mb)
+
+    def test__calculate_cpus(self):
+        with task_manager.acquire(self.context, self.node.uuid,
+                                  shared=True) as task:
+            cpu = task.driver.inspect._calculate_cpus(
+                self.cpus[0])
+
+            self.assertEqual(12, cpu)
+
+    def test__calculate_cpus_without_ht_enabled(self):
+        with task_manager.acquire(self.context, self.node.uuid,
+                                  shared=True) as task:
+            cpu = task.driver.inspect._calculate_cpus(
+                self.cpus[1])
+
+            self.assertEqual(6, cpu)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-cpu-count-8904a4e1a24456f4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-cpu-count-8904a4e1a24456f4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e609f2ab54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-cpu-count-8904a4e1a24456f4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes a bug where the number of CPU sockets was being returned by the
+    ``idrac`` hardware type during introspection, instead of the number of
+    virtual CPUs. See bug `2004155
+    <https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2004155>`_ for details.